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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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